Daniel Day-Lewis
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oh_no_mrbill — 12 years ago(August 07, 2013 05:04 PM)
This is one of my favorite roles of his career. Maybe it's the youthful exuberance of Gerry Conlon, or the genuine emotion between him and his distant father, but I was fully connected with him from the first moment in a way that I never was (for obvious reasons) with Daniel Plainview or Bill the Butcher.
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sarizonana — 12 years ago(August 08, 2013 12:03 PM)
i just saw this movie for the first time last week and i have to agree it was an amazing performance tough im not sure if he is my win since i also loved Liam Neeson in Schindlers list the same year.
his best scene is definitley where he is being interrogated and his trial scene.
i just wanted to jump to the screen and help him.
my indesicion comes from basically one scene of who was better between Daniel and Liam.
Liams scene of i could ahve saved one more was just too powerful for words but DDL was also incredibly moving the whole time he was taken by the police for interrogation. -
grawsas — 12 years ago(August 08, 2013 11:20 PM)
I think Daniel Day-Lewis is choosing his roles very carefully and successfully And he is very (I mean VERY, VERY) devoted to his role.
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sacrednerve — 11 years ago(September 13, 2014 01:39 PM)
It's one of his better performances for sure. I liked him better in
The Age of Innocence
that year and would have nominated him for that instead. Still, I think Hanks, Neeson and Hopkins were all better (I barely remember Fishburne's film), and I'd have given one of them the win over him.
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mxzt — 10 years ago(October 09, 2015 07:46 AM)
Out of all the roles Daniel Day-Lewis has played this I believe this is his finest performance. I always thought it was Bill the Butcher followed closely by Daniel Plansview and Christy Brown which are tied. But his performance as Gerry Conlon is his best. It's the most multi-layered character he's ever played.
The character had it all. Humour, vulnerability, strength, intensity etc.. The range of emotions he shows throughout the film is just incredible. It's such a rich and varied character with extraordinary depth.
DDL acting range is astounding. He is certainly one of the best actors of all time. This performance cemented that for me. It's one of the greatest acting performances ever caught on film.
